Talent Development Mistakes – Have you ever made them? I have a confession to make. Even with decades of talent development experience, I have, in the past, let my own employees down. Talent Development Mistakes | How Career Conversations can Help I’ll never forget the time one of my best employees, Roby, asked to see me.
There is something wonderfully inspiring about meeting strangers and feeling like you’ve known them forever within hours. That’s what happened to me a couple of weeks ago when I had the pleasure of presenting at the International Mentoring Association Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. I guess that’s the power of bringing together 120 people who are
At the beginning of 2015, a large financial services organisation contacted me to ask for help with how to engage employees through career conversations. They wanted to upskill their in-house coaches with the skills to talk to employees about their careers. They had a pool of about 40 managers who make up their internal coaching
It’s no wonder managers can find it hard to have career conversations with employees. Time pressures, office politics and egos can all get in the way. We all know it’s good to talk. But, let’s face it. Opening up a conversation about a sensitive issue like career progression can weigh heavily on even the most
In my last blog post I shared a story of what can happen to an organisation’s succession plan if employees career aspirations aren’t taken into consideration. And you may have read it feeling comfortable in the knowledge that your organisation isn’t making that mistake because you have a question at the end of the Performance
Employee career aspirations are an important consideration for talent management. As this great quote says: “Don’t ask what the world needs – ask what makes you come alive because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”Howard Thurman There are few organisations who would argue with the need for retaining and developing talent.
In today’s tough economic circumstances, business leaders are seeking competitive advantage through the best use of their people more than ever before. In a time when the job market is uncertain many leaders may feel that supporting the career management of their staff is not a priority, seeing it as something that is personal to
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